Diagnostic evaluation of mononucleosis-like illnesses |
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Authors: | Hurt Christopher Tammaro Dominick |
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Institution: | a Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC b Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI. |
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Abstract: | Clinicians face a diagnostic challenge when a patient with the classic fever, pharyngitis, and lymphadenopathy triad of infectious mononucleosis has a negative “spot” heterophile antibody test. This screening test, although commonly considered sensitive for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, may be negative early after infection. A growing number of pathogens have been reported to cause heterophile-negative mononucleosis-like illnesses, including cytomegalovirus (CMV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), adenovirus, herpes simplex virus (HSV), Streptococcus pyogenes, and Toxoplasma gondii. Other infectious and noninfectious disorders also may present in ways that mimic mononucleosis, but fail to generate EBV’s archetypal triad of clinical findings. A systematic approach to the diagnosis of mononucleosis-like illnesses ensures that conditions warranting specific therapy are distinguished from others requiring only supportive care. |
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Keywords: | Acute retroviral syndrome Cytomegalovirus Epstein-Barr virus Human herpesvirus 6 Human immunodeficiency virus Infectious mononucleosis Mononucleosis-like illness Toxoplasmosis |
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